Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1685 |
| AUTHOR: | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919–2000) |
| QUOTATION: | The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | He was commenting on the government’s proposal to overhaul Canadian criminal law, giving new recognition to individual rights in several areas, including sexual behavior. |
| SUBJECTS: | Sex |